Senate Daily Digest
May 22, 2023
2:00 PM
Senate Chamber

Adjourned		 

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Roll Call

Prayer

Pledge of Allegiance

Reading of Journal

Petitions, Memorials, and Communications

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading
 SR101BOUDREAUXHEALTH CARE - Urges and requests the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to include monoclonal antibodies for RSV within the federal Vaccines for Children program.
 SR102BOUDREAUXCOMMENDATIONS - Commends the members of the Louisiana Athletic Trainers' Association and designates Tuesday, May 30, 2023, as Louisiana Athletic Trainers Day at the state capitol.
 SR103BOUDREAUXSPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH - Recognizes the value and accomplishments of emergency medical services providers and designates the week of May 21 through May 27, 2023, as Emergency Medical Services Week in Louisiana.

Senate Resolutions 2nd Reading Subject to Call
 SR23STINECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences on the passing of Russel Wayne Conrad.
 SR60STINECONDOLENCES - Expresses condolences and honors the life of Rhyann Green.

House Bills on Second Reading to be Referred
 HB179WHEATTOBACCO/TOBACCO PRODUCTS - Provides relative to the sale of certain vapor products for electronic cigarettes and similar devices (RE2 DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB186DAVISINSURANCE/HEALTH - Provides relative to health insurance coverage for standard fertility preservation services (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)
 HB212HOLLISELECTIONS/RECALL - Provides for the signatures required on a recall petition (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB254THOMASFUNDS/FUNDING - (Constitutional Amendment) Repeals provisions in the Louisiana Constitution related to various funds (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB289IVEYCURRICULA - Provides relative to organ donation instruction in public high schools
 HB293THOMASFUNDS/FUNDING - Repeals certain funds within the state treasury (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB311MIGUEZCONSTITUTION/AMENDMENT - (Constitutional Amendment) Prohibits the use of monies from a foreign government or nongovernmental source to fund elections
 HB331CARRIERWEAPONS/FIREARMS - Provides relative to automatic weapons (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB383AMEDEEINSURERS/GUARANTY ASSNS - Requires each insurer subject to the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association Law to provide for a data transfer plan and file such plan with the commissioner of insurance
 HB415AMEDEEBANKS/BANKING - Provides relative to central bank digital currency
 HB490LYONSVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for procedures and guidance regarding voter registration activities
 HB497STEFANSKICHIROPRACTORS - Provides relative to Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners
 HB542HUGHESBUDGETARY PROCEDURES - Provides relative to criminal justice reinvestment savings (RE SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB585ECHOLSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to economic development (EN +$1,100,000 GF EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions 2nd Reading
 HCR9MINCEYPUBLIC BLDGS/GROUNDS-ST - Requests the Department of Veterans Affairs in conjunction with the office of state buildings to plan and implement a Purple Heart Trail on the grounds surrounding the state capitol
 HCR17MINCEYTEACHERS - Continues the Teacher Recruitment, Recovery, and Retention Task Force
 HCR43BRASSEDUCATION DEPARTMENT - Requests the Louisiana Department of Education to update its early childhood care and education data management systems
 HCR55FIRMENTCONGRESS - Memorializes congress to pass legislation allowing for tax-advantaged catastrophe savings accounts (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HCR63ADAMSHIGHWAYS - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development study the addition of a shoulder on Louisiana Highway 19 between north Zachary and the Mississippi state line
 HCR68GLOVERHIGHWAYS - Urges and requests the Department of Transportation and Development to reevaluate and construct a safety installation in a certain community in Shreveport, Louisiana
 HCR71AMEDEEBANKS/BANKING - Urges the United States Congress to not support any legislation or efforts to adopt a central bank digital currency in the United States
 HCR72KERNERLEVEES - Urges and requests the United States Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider the mitigation and stewardship plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion to include tidal levee protection for Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point

House Bills Reported by Committee
 HB8HORTONSCHOOLS - Requires display of the national motto, "In God We Trust", in every public elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education classroom
 HB18PHILLIP TARVERHIGHWAYS - Designates certain portions of Louisiana Highways in Calcasieu and St. Tammany parishes
 HB50WHEATHIGHWAYS - Designates the bridge located on Interstate 55 service road in Manchac between Lake Maurepas and Lake Pontchartrain as the "Robert E. Mayers, Jr. Memorial Bridge"
 HB57ORGERONHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 657 in Larose, Louisiana, as the "Clarence Marts, Jr. Memorial Highway"
 HB64BOURRIAQUELIBRARIES - Provides relative to per diem and reimbursement of expenses for members of the Cameron Parish Library Board of Control
 HB68HODGESCURRICULA - Authorizes public high schools to offer a course of instruction in the history and literature of the Bible (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF EX See Note)
 HB78HUGHESSCHOOLS - Provides relative to school facilities preservation and systemwide needs programs in certain school districts (EN SEE FISC NOTE See Note)
 HB83PIERREMTR VEHICLE/BUSES-SCHOOL - Provides relative to toll exemptions for students traveling on ferries, roads, and bridges
 HB86HODGESSCHOOLS/EMPLOYEES - Creates the "Protect Teachers Act"
 HB87ADAMSDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to the board of commissioners of East Feliciana Gas Utility District No. 1
 HB93CARRIERDISTRICTS/FIRE PROTECT - Provides relative to per diem paid to members of the governing board of Fire District No. 5 of Allen Parish
 HB137FISHERCIVIL SERVICE/FIRE & POL - Provides relative to the secretary of the municipal fire and police civil service board for the city of Monroe
 HB138CHARLES OWENMUNICIPAL/ORDINANCES - Provides relative to administrative adjudication of certain ordinance violations in the city of DeRidder
 HB140WILLARDECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - Provides relative to the Mid City Economic Development District in Orleans Parish
 HB209BOURRIAQUEDISTRICTS/SPECIAL - Provides relative to Cameron Parish Water and Wastewater Board for District No. 1
 HB227GREENMTR VEHICLE/VIOLATIONS - Provides relative to uniform traffic citations
 HB242HILFERTYSTUDENT/DISCIPLINE - Provides relative to corporal punishment in elementary and secondary schools
 HB264DESHOTELHIGHWAYS - Designates a bridge located on Louisiana Highway 1 between Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles, Louisiana, as the "Marion Peter Roy, Sr., Memorial Bridge"
 HB301ROMEROMOTOR CARRIERS - Provides relative to compensation to wrecker service companies for costs associated with undertaking remedial action involving hazardous material accidents (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB323PIERREMTR VEHICLE/LICEN PLATES - Creates the "Juneteenth" specialty license plate
 HB327SEABAUGHTOPS - Relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS), provides that dependent children of parents living overseas meet TOPS residency requirements if certain conditions are met (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB343BAGLEYHIGHWAYS - Redesignates a portion of Louisiana Highway 171 in DeSoto Parish as the "Chris Gray Memorial Highway"
 HB356FISHERDISTRICTS/HOSPITAL SERVC - Provides relative to compensation for Ouachita Parish hospital service district commission members
 HB367PHELPSEARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to pupil appraisal and services for children transitioning from EarlySteps to services provided by the local public school system upon their third birthday (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB398ROMEROAIRCRAFT/AVIATION - Requires persons being transported offshore by aircraft wear life jackets equipped with personal locator beacons
 HB409EDMONDSUTILITIES - Provides relative to stormwater utility systems
 HB438ROBERT OWENWILDLIFE & FISHERIES - Provides relative to oyster seed ground vessel permits
 HB455COUSSANMINERALS/RIGHTS - Provides relative to rights in minerals
 HB516KERNERMOTOR VEHICLES - Provides for placement of a special identification sticker or decal on a motor vehicle operated by a person with autism spectrum disorder or their guardian
 HB520CARRIERMOTOR VEHICLES - Creates the "Utility Line Worker", the "Louisiana Soccer Association", and the Louisiana Respiratory Therapist "RT STRONG" special prestige license plates
 HB533MIKE JOHNSONLEVEES/BDS & DISTRICTS - Changes the composition and qualifications of the board of commissioners of the Red River, Atchafalaya, and Bayou Boeuf Levee District
 HB540MIGUEZPORTS/HARBORS/TERMINALS - Establishes a port and harbor police force for ports meeting certain requirements (EN INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 HB571SCHEXNAYDERENERGY - Provides relative to carbon capture and sequestration (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)

Senate Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee
 SCR43BERNARDMUNICIPALITIES - Creates a task force to study the dissolution or absorption of fiscally distressed municipalities.
 SCR46BRET ALLAINFISH/FISHING - Urges and requests the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission promulgate rules and regulations providing for red drum.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions to be Adopted Subject to Call

Senate Concurrent Resolutions 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SCR3CORTEZFISCAL CONTROLS - Provides for the expenditure limit for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 and Fiscal Year 2023-2024. (2/3-CA7s10) (EN SEE FISC NOTE)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 SB109TALBOTINSURANCE POLICIES - Provides for balance billing by and reimbursement of covered health services provided by out-of-network emergency ambulance services. (8/1/23) (EN INCREASE SG EX See Note)

Senate Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage Subject to Call
 SB2BRET ALLAINTAX EXEMPTIONS - Constitutional amendment to phase out the tax on inventory and establish the maximum allowable exemption for the industrial property tax exemption program. (2/3 - CA13s1(A)) (EG SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 SB11LUNEAUINSURANCE RATES - Prohibits insurance rate determinations based on risks classified by gender. (8/1/23)
 SB19BRET ALLAINTAX/INCOME/CORPORATE - Eliminates the inventory tax credit for corporations and reduces the corporate income tax rates. (1/1/24) (EG +$10,000,000 GF RV See Note)
 SB48MORRISCRIMINAL PROCEDURE - Constitutional amendment to eliminate a judge's discretion to grant bail for certain offenses after conviction. (2/3 - CA8s1) (EG SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 SB71BOUIESCHOOLS - Provides relative to learning pods. (gov sig) (EG NO IMPACT See Note)
 SB91MILLIGANIMMOVABLE PROPERTY - Provides for prohibition of immovable property transactions by certain foreign actors. (8/1/23)
 SB94KLEINPETERCONTROL DANGER SUBSTANCE - Adds certain substances to the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substance Law. (8/1/23)
 SB96TALBOTINSURERS - Provides the Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association and the Louisiana Citizens Property Corporation shall not be liable for certain property damage insurance claims. (8/1/23)
 SB97GARY CARTERTAX/AD VALOREM - Provides relative to the ad valorem tax exemption in Louisiana for affordable housing. (2/3-CA13s1(A)) (EG DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 SB112ABRAHAMCRIME/PUNISHMENT - Provides relative to second degree murder. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 SB145HENSGENSPUBLIC CONTRACTS - Provides for methods to contract for certain airport facilities. (8/1/23)
 SB168FIELDSCOURTS - Provides relative to the judgeships of the second district of the First Circuit Court of Appeal. (2/3-CA5s9) (gov sig)
 SB178STINELOCAL AGENCIES - Provides for grant programs to attract residents to Louisiana. (gov sig) (EG INCREASE LF EX See Note)
 SB179TALBOTGOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS - Provides for standards when constructing a residential roof. (8/1/23)
 SB180BOUIEHORSE RACING - Provides for minimum live horse racing dates. (8/1/23)
 SB198JACKSON-ANDREWSAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES - Provides relative to consumable hemp products. (8/1/23) (RE INCREASE GF EX See Note)

House Concurrent Resolutions Reported by Committee to be adopted
 HCR5ECHOLSHIGHER EDUCATION - Requests that the Board of Regents conduct a study relative to the state's articulation and transfer process with respect to career and technical education courses

House Bills 3rd Reading and Final Passage
 HB196BROWNCIVIL/PROCEDURE - Provides relative to summary judgment
 HB281GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority
 HB309GAROFALOINSURANCE - Provides relative to fortified home and commercial standards
 HB3BISHOPCAPITAL OUTLAY - Provides for the Omnibus Bond Act
 HB65VILLIOCRIME - Designates the crime of burglary of an inhabited dwelling as a crime of violence (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
 HB94BACALACRIME/THEFT - Provides relative to theft or criminal access of automated teller machines (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB184FRIEMANCHILDRENS CODE - Provides relative to a child in need of care
 HB339GREGORY MILLEREVIDENCE - Provides relative to motions for summary judgment
 HB74THOMASCOMMERCIAL REGULATIONS - Provides relative to home inspectors
 HB135MIKE JOHNSONELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Prohibits a registered sex offender or child predator from serving as a commissioner or watcher
 HB174EMERSONELECTION CODE - Prohibits the disclosure of certain information regarding the active duty or dependent status of certain voters
 HB216HORTONELECTIONS/COMMISSIONERS - Authorizes certain military members stationed in Louisiana to serve as commissioners
 HB248MCMAHENCEMETERIES - Provides for the burial of pet remains with human remains
 HB291CHARLES OWENHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Provides for visitation policies at certain healthcare facilities and requires that such policies allow for in-person visitation (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB292ST. BLANCUTILITIES - Provides relative to the Louisiana Underground Utilities and Facilities Damage Prevention Law
 HB302ST. BLANCCEMETERIES - Provides relative to cemetery trust funds
 HB320TURNERNURSES - Provides relative to nursing education
 HB334PHELPSFINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS - Provides relative to private insurance for certain deposits and shares
 HB384MCFARLANDENERGY - Provides relative to the Louisiana Renewable Energy Development Act
 HB385DEVILLIERHOUSING/MANUFACTURED - Provides relative to manufactured housing
 HB393GADBERRYBUILDING CODES - Provides relative to certain building code roofing inspections of a commercial or residential structure
 HB395HILFERTYSECRETARY OF STATE - Provides relative to filings with the secretary of state's office
 HB435FREEMANMEDICAID - Provides relative to medicaid coverage of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB541WHEATHEALTH CARE/FACILITIES - Designates a portion of law as the "Lane Allen Gottschalck Law"
 HB547RISERSECONDHAND DEALERS - Provides relative to catalytic converter sales law (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB548TURNERDRUGS/PRESCRIPTION - Provides relative to the 340B drug pricing program (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB554RISERCEMETERIES - Provides relative to the cemetery care fund
 HB583DAVISTELEVISION/CABLE - Provides relative to franchise fee audits
 HB6HUGHESHIGHER EDUCATION - Extends deadline for annual January meetings of certain public postsecondary education boards
 HB11GADBERRYTRANSPORTATION DEPT - Provides for contract limits for projects (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB20FARNUMCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs for the City Court of Lake Charles (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB28CARRIERHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Designates certain portions of highways in Iberia and St. Landry parishes
 HB48SHERMAN MACKCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to mayor's court costs (EN +$17,200 LF RV See Note)
 HB49CHARLES OWENCOURTS/COURT REPORTERS - Provides relative to transcription fees charged by court reporters in the Thirty-Sixth Judicial District (EN NO IMPACT LF See Note)
 HB72BRASSCOLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES - Provides relative to the designation of military and veteran friendly campuses
 HB73DUBUISSONHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 433 in St. Tammany Parish as the "Captain Walter B. Abney Memorial Highway"
 HB80GADBERRYCONTRACTS - Provides relative to the prior approval process available to potential suppliers (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB111HUGHESTAX/TOBACCO TAX - Extends the tax exemption period for cigars and pipe tobacco products sampled at the Premium Cigar Association convention (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB124BOURRIAQUEPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the sale or exchange of sixteenth section state lands by the Cameron Parish School Board
 HB161KERNERTAX/SALES-USE, LOCAL-EXEM - Changes local sales and use tax exemptions for commercial fishermen and certain seafood processing facilities from optional to mandatory (EN DECREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB191JEFFERSONTEACHERS/CERTIFICATION - Provides relative to teacher certification
 HB202MUSCARELLOCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to fees for the City Court of Hammond (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB233TURNERCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs and fees for the City Court of Ruston (EN INCREASE LF RV See Note)
 HB279ADAMSTAX COMMISSION, STATE - Provides relative to conveying by the La. Tax Commission of ad valorem tax assessment information it receives from local assessors (EN +$20,000 GF EX See Note)
 HB285TURNERTAX INCREMENT FINANCING - Provides relative to the use of state sales tax increments in certain local tax increment financing initiatives (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF RV See Note)
 HB316PHELPSVOTING/REGISTRATION - Provides for Louisiana High School Seniors Voter Registration Day
 HB332ROBBY CARTERPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Provides for the transfer of certain state property in Tangipahoa Parish
 HB338FREIBERGEARLY CHILDHOOD - Provides relative to the Early Childhood Care and Education Commission
 HB347LANCE HARRISCOURTS/COURT COSTS - Provides relative to court costs and civil filing fees in Alexandria City Court (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV)
 HB350GEYMANNPROPERTY/PUBLIC - Authorizes the exchange of certain state property in Calcasieu Parish
 HB406MINCEYHIGHWAYS/INTERSTATE - Provides relative to flooding mitigation solutions along the Interstate 12 corridor in Livingston Parish
 HB428PRESSLYTAX/INCOME TAX - Extends to estates, trusts, and partnerships the flow-through entity income exclusion allowed to individuals (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB500HILFERTYTAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION - Provides with respect to the applicability of the additional property tax exemptions for certain veterans with disabilities (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
 HB527BROWNHIGHWAYS - Designates a portion of Louisiana Highway 398 as the "Commander Glenn Daigle Memorial Bridge"
 HB561SCHEXNAYDERAGRICULTURE - Provides relative to the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
 HB562SCHEXNAYDERTAX CREDITS - Provides relative to the Motion Picture Production Tax Credit (EN DECREASE GF RV See Note)
 HB644LAFLEURTEXTBOOKS/MATERIALS - Creates Affordable Digital Textbook and Learning Materials Pilot Programs (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
 HB5FRIEMANPATERNITY - Provides relative to pregnancy-related medical expense obligations
 HB19BUTLERCLERKS OF COURT - Provides relative to group insurance expenses of the clerk of court of Evangeline Parish
 HB30PHILLIP TARVERCOURTS - Provides with respect to the salary of magistrate judges in the Fourteenth Judicial District Court (EN +$34,700 GF EX See Note)
 HB61SCHLEGELCONTRACTS - Provides for consent of a legal representative of a minor who contracts with certain parties
 HB77SCHLEGELATTORNEY GENERAL - Provides for attorney general investigation for publishers and distributors of material harmful to minors (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB220PRESSLYPROPERTY/IMMOVABLE - Provides relative to actions to determine ownership or possession
 HB226FARNUMCOURTS - Provides relative to marshals and constables (EN NO IMPACT LF EX See Note)
 HB298HUGHESCHILDREN/PARENTAL RIGHTS - Provides relative to parental rights in certain circumstances
 HB379MCKNIGHTLIABILITY/CIVIL - Provides relative to liability associated with parades
 HB441BRYANTCRIME/ASSAULT - Provides relative to assault upon a utility service employee (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)
 HB475MAGEEEVIDENCE - Provides relative to admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression
 HB488FARNUMGAMBLING/RIVERBOAT - Provides relative to inspections of riverboats